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And"},{"startTime":926.865,"endTime":930.387,"body":"if you're just going to your local business networking, you're missing"},{"startTime":930.467,"endTime":933.728,"body":"out on not just opportunities to"},{"startTime":933.808,"endTime":937.629,"body":"promote what you do, but just to understand how"},{"startTime":939.975,"endTime":943.656,"body":"Perfect and what's coming up for"},{"startTime":944.416,"endTime":947.957,"body":"This year I am going to do a bit more on my online"},{"startTime":947.997,"endTime":951.678,"body":"presence so I was talking about I'm going to do some YouTube videos looking"},{"startTime":951.698,"endTime":955.159,"body":"more about how historical needlework inspires what"},{"startTime":955.219,"endTime":959.07,"body":"I do so you can see that link through history"},{"startTime":959.11,"endTime":962.551,"body":"into what we're doing now and the whole why I use different"},{"startTime":962.591,"endTime":966.612,"body":"techniques and teach slightly differently to a lot of other modern"},{"startTime":966.652,"endTime":970.013,"body":"embroiderers. I would say I am a modern embroiderer but I do things"},{"startTime":970.893,"endTime":974.134,"body":"based on a different approach and"},{"startTime":974.194,"endTime":978.055,"body":"based off the back of that I want to launch my haberdashery"},{"startTime":978.115,"endTime":981.396,"body":"online so I get things that I sell in person at"},{"startTime":981.436,"endTime":984.917,"body":"my classes and it's sort of like a curated haberdashery so"},{"startTime":984.937,"endTime":988.158,"body":"there's stuff you can't pick up in Hobbycraft. I want to"},{"startTime":988.198,"endTime":991.6,"body":"get that on my website, but that's going to involve"},{"startTime":991.9,"endTime":995.581,"body":"upping my photography game. So I need to work on product photography"},{"startTime":997.342,"endTime":1000.964,"body":"Well, there you go. That's just all the other elements."},{"startTime":1001.544,"endTime":1005.105,"body":"So many. I'm also, I've got the local university doing"},{"startTime":1005.145,"endTime":1008.327,"body":"a project for me. I'm finding me more artisan shops that"},{"startTime":1008.387,"endTime":1012.063,"body":"I can place my kits in as wholesale option. Oh, wow. Wow,"},{"startTime":1012.704,"endTime":1016.049,"body":"that's so good. There's so much assistance out there with"},{"startTime":1016.089,"endTime":1019.374,"body":"local universities if you plug into it and in"},{"startTime":1022.638,"endTime":1025.767,"body":"Brilliant, well done you. You"},{"startTime":1025.807,"endTime":1029.349,"body":"know, it gives a project and it gives a practical learning"},{"startTime":1029.429,"endTime":1032.731,"body":"for the university students as well. So it's win-win, isn't it?"},{"startTime":1032.751,"endTime":1036.052,"body":"Yeah. It's a lack of resource and time and money"},{"startTime":1036.092,"endTime":1039.354,"body":"you have as a small business. And they really want real"},{"startTime":1042.555,"endTime":1045.757,"body":"Oh, that is so interesting. Thank you so much, Mary. That was"},{"startTime":1045.977,"endTime":1049.639,"body":"absolutely lovely. Anything else you wanted to mention?"},{"startTime":1049.659,"endTime":1053.761,"body":"My main thing is just don't worry about"},{"startTime":1054.887,"endTime":1058.228,"body":"not being good at whatever creative thing you're having"},{"startTime":1058.308,"endTime":1061.529,"body":"a go at you don't have to be good at it you just"},{"startTime":1061.569,"endTime":1064.75,"body":"need to play yeah and there are a lot of people who"},{"startTime":1064.79,"endTime":1068.131,"body":"try all sorts of different crafts before they find the ones that's"},{"startTime":1068.171,"endTime":1071.392,"body":"for them so try different things go out and"},{"startTime":1071.432,"endTime":1074.933,"body":"meet people at all the craft events that pop up"},{"startTime":1074.993,"endTime":1078.874,"body":"and workshop i do sip and stitch i do mindful stitching there's"},{"startTime":1079.074,"endTime":1082.455,"body":"paint versions there's clay versions there's all sorts why"},{"startTime":1082.515,"endTime":1085.796,"body":"not just go out and do something a bit different to meet"},{"startTime":1085.876,"endTime":1089.477,"body":"people and do the creativity side as well because it's"},{"startTime":1089.537,"endTime":1092.958,"body":"not as scary as just having to go and talk to someone without just staring at"},{"startTime":1093.518,"endTime":1096.779,"body":"Yeah that was a bit like you were saying in the cafe you can actually sit there and"},{"startTime":1096.819,"endTime":1100.832,"body":"look and you don't look quite like a weirdo staring at people. Yeah."},{"startTime":1101.653,"endTime":1104.735,"body":"Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Well, you can find obviously lots of"},{"startTime":1104.815,"endTime":1108.318,"body":"other people who you can engage to"},{"startTime":1108.358,"endTime":1112.662,"body":"go and try a creative activity at creativityfound.co.uk. In"},{"startTime":1112.702,"endTime":1116.305,"body":"the comments here, there is a link to Mary's page. It's easily"},{"startTime":1116.365,"endTime":1119.507,"body":"found on the classes page. It's very easy to find all"},{"startTime":1119.527,"endTime":1123.05,"body":"of our members. On that page, you will find links"},{"startTime":1123.13,"endTime":1126.653,"body":"to all of Mary's social media as well, including the"},{"startTime":1126.693,"endTime":1129.856,"body":"YouTube that you were talking about, Mary. So you"},{"startTime":1132.798,"endTime":1136.281,"body":"I'm aiming for a decent video a month. Very good."},{"startTime":1136.321,"endTime":1140.164,"body":"I think that's realistic. Yeah. Yeah. Very good. This"},{"startTime":1140.324,"endTime":1144.127,"body":"recording, this has been streamed and this is using Riverside, which"},{"startTime":1144.207,"endTime":1148.11,"body":"is the platform I also use to record the podcast and"},{"startTime":1148.13,"endTime":1151.875,"body":"I very much like it. It does clever video things"},{"startTime":1151.935,"endTime":1155.255,"body":"as well, which is great and saves me a little bit"},{"startTime":1155.295,"endTime":1158.916,"body":"of time. There is a link in here in the description for Riverside."},{"startTime":1159.356,"endTime":1162.757,"body":"There is also a link to Buzzsprout because those are the people I"},{"startTime":1162.857,"endTime":1166.858,"body":"host my podcast with. If anybody is thinking of podcasting,"},{"startTime":1167.118,"endTime":1170.318,"body":"I suggest you give that hosting company a look. So there are"},{"startTime":1170.458,"endTime":1173.839,"body":"lots of links in the description. Thanks again,"},{"startTime":1173.999,"endTime":1177.2,"body":"Mary. Really, really super to speak to you and"},{"startTime":1177.56,"endTime":1181.004,"body":"I'll see you soon. Thanks so much for listening"},{"startTime":1181.024,"endTime":1184.326,"body":"to Creativity Found. I hope you enjoyed this episode and"},{"startTime":1184.426,"endTime":1187.987,"body":"gained some value from it. 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